The NBA's Highest-Paid Players

#1 Kobe Bryant

Earnings: $59.8 million
On-court: $27.8 million
Off-court: $32 million
Bryant’s salary is $7 million higher than any other player’s. Nike sells twice as many Bryant sneakers in China as in the U.S.

#2 LeBron James

Earnings: $57.6 million
On-court: $17.6 million
Off-court: $40 million
The league’s top pitchman (and reigning champ; MVP) counts Nike, Coca-Cola, Samsung and McDonald’s among his global partners.

Youngest Billionaires in the World

No. 1: Dustin Moskovitz

Age: 27
Net Worth: $3.5 billion

Dustin Moskovitz was Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate and Facebook's third employee. Despite his billions, he still bikes to work and flies commercial. Moskovitz has also joined Bill Gates' Givinb Pledge. He is just 8 days younger than his friend.

No. 2: Mark Zuckerberg

Age: 27
Net Worth: $17.5 billion

Don't let the hoodie and the sandals fool you, the Facebook founder controls 56.9% of firm's total pre-IPO voting power. The company's IPO is expected to hit in the next few months, possibly boosting his net worth even higher. Zuckerberg is only 8 days older than former roommate Dustin Moskovitz.

Top 10 most expensive restaurants in the world 2013

Topping The Daily Meal’s recently released list of the world’s most expensive restaurants is Kitcho in Kyoto, Japan, where a traditional kaiseki meal  — a ceremonious multi-course, affair that originated with Japanese tea ceremonies  – will set diners back about $600 a person.



Overall, Japan leads the ranking with three restaurants represented, followed by France and Switzerland, which each have two addresses listed.
Another noteworthy restaurant is the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant in the Maldives, where diners eat five meters below sea level with panoramic views of underwater marine life thanks to a transparent tunnel.
Here are the Top 10 most expensive restaurants in the world according to The Daily Meal:

1. Kitcho, Kyoto, Japan $600/person
2. Le Meurice, Paris, France $509
3. Masa, New York City $450
4. Maison Pic, Valence, France $455
5. Aragawa, Tokyo, France $370
6. Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, Maldives $320
7. Hotel de Ville, Crissier, Switzerland $318
8. Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, London $289
9. Michel Bras Toya, Toya, Japan $287
10. Schloss Schauenstein, Furstenau, Switzerland $269

Madonna tops Forbes highest-paid musician list

Business magazine Forbes named Madonna the highest-paid musician in the world, estimating her earnings at $125 million in the year to June.
Revenues from her MDNA concert tour plus sales of Madonna-related products and merchandise put the Material Girl, 55, well ahead of Lady Gaga at $80 million. The Mother Monster’s income would have been higher had a hip injury not forced her to abandon a global concert tour, Forbes said.
Veteran rocker Bon Jovi placed third at $79 million, followed by country star Toby Keith ($25 million) and British band Coldplay ($64 million).
Forbes based its list on pretax income from ticket sales, royalties, merchandising, endorsements and other ventures. It doesn’t take into account fees for agents, managers and lawyers.
Only living artists can make the list — otherwise, Forbes said, Michael Jackson would have been number one with a posthumous income of $160 million.

Source: Forbes

Forbes reveals world’s top-earning male models

In August Forbes Magazine released its annual rankings of model earnings. Now it’s time for the men.
It’s an American, British and Canadian top-three this year. The trio of big earners all exceeded the $1 million mark in annual income in the Forbes Magazine rankings.

1. Sean O’Pry - $1.5 million 

Born in the US state of Georgia and discovered in his late teens on his Myspace profile, O’Pry has worked with Calvin Klein, Versace, D&G, Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors, and this year just edged out runner-up David Gandy as the world’s top-earning male model.

2. David Gandy – $1.4 million

Gandy has taken on a role as the UK’s unofficial ‘Mr Fashion’ with his work promoting British designers and the London Collections: Men, but he still found time to bag campaigns for Hugo Boss, Banana Republic and Massimo Dutti. Unique among most male models, he’s also got big advertising contracts with food and drink brands in the form of Johnnie Walker whisky and the protein packed ice-cream company Whey Hey.

3. Simon Nessman – $1.1 million

Canadian-born Simon Nessman is the final model to have hit the million-dollar mark. At only 23 years old, the British Columbia native is already the face of Giorgio Armani and Michael Kors. The former high-school basketball player has also worked for Calvin Klein and Versace.

Here’s the rest of the men’s top ten:
4. Arthur Kulkov, Russian – $905,000
5. Noah Mills, American – $740,000
6. Ryan Burns, American – $610,000
7. Tyson Ballou, American – $425,000
8. Ollie Edwards, British – $410,000
9. Jon Kortajarena, Spanish – $290,000
10. Tobias Sorensen, Danish – $265,000






 

Source: Forbes

HILLSONG UNITED - ANCHOR LYRICS

I have this hope
As an anchor for my soul
Through every storm
I will hold to You

With endless love
All my fear is swept away
In everything
I will trust in You

There is hope in the promise of the cross
You gave everything to save the world You love
And this hope is an anchor for my soul
Our God will stand
Unshakeable

Unchanging One
You who was and is to come
Your promise sure
You will not let go

Your Name is higher
Your Name is greater
All my hope is in You

Your word unfailing
Your promise unshaken
All my hope is in You

Lottery Winners Who Blew It All

As one of the largest jackpots in U.S. lottery history climbs to $550 million and potentially beyond, we're reminded that winning the lottery will not solve all problems.
In fact many people's lives became notably worse after they got super rich, and they managed to lose it all quite quickly.

The Griffiths bought their dream home then life fell apart.

Before they won a $2.76 million lottery jackpot, Lara and Robert Griffith hardly ever argued.
They bought a million-dollar house and a Porsche.
But 18 months ago, six years after their win, Robert drove away in the Porsche after Lara confronted him over emails suggesting he was interested in another woman.
Their 14-year marriage was over, a freak fire gutted their house, and every penny of their fortune was gone.

Bud Post lost $16.2 million within a nightmarish year — his own brother put out a hit on him.

William "Bud" Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988 but was $1 million in debt within a year.
"I wish it never happened," Post said. "It was totally a nightmare."
A former girlfriend successfully sued him for a share of his winnings and his brother was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill him in the hopes he'd inherit a share of the winnings.
After sinking money into various family businesses, Post sank into debt and spent time in jail for firing a gun over the head of a bill collector.
Bud now lives quietly on $450 a month and food stamps.

5 Ways To Manifest Your Reality With The Power of Visualization

Actor Jim Carey is famous for parking his car on Muholland Drive every night before anybody knew about him, and visualizing becoming the Hollywood star that he inevitably became. He even wrote himself a ten million dollar check for a movie deal, and dated it five years from that very day. Can you guess what eventually happened? Not long before that date came along, he secured ten million dollars to star in the movie Dumb and Dumber.
The power of visualization has been instrumental in turning dreams into reality for not only folks like Jim Carrey, but elite and successful people in every field: professional athletes, business CEO’s, speakers, singers, and performers.
Replaying the mental vision and image of where or who you would like to be is the key catalyst in swinging your vision from a mere day-dream into reality!
Remarkably, science has also demonstrated that your brain cannot tell the difference between a visualized image and reality. A Harvard study taught two groups a simple 5-fingered piano melody; one group physically practiced the melody for 2 hours a day over 5 days. The other group merely visualized playing the melody. As you can probably guess, the new neurological wiring that took place were almost identical between the two groups.

Here are 5 ways you can begin to use visualization to start living the dream:

 

1. When visualizing your dreams, involve all your senses:

Touch, sound, sight, even smell and taste. Involve your emotions, laugh, smile, and celebrate the victory.

2. Take on different perspectives:

See yourself accomplishing your goals beginning with your own 1^st person lens, then 2^nd and 3^rd person, be in the crowd and look upon yourself succeeding in your dream.

3. Begin to live as if you have succeeded in your goal:

Begin to dress, talk, and look like the person you want to be.

4. Use self-talk and affirmations together with your visualizations:

As with taking on the different perspectives with the mental images, likewise in 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd person, say the things that would like to be said about you as if you have already achieved your goal.

5. Put together a dream collage: 

This can be physical on a cork-board, posted on your desk or wall, or compiled on your computer. Use words that describe the person that you desire to become, pictures of the victories that you desire to experience.
Be sure to look at these images on a daily basis.




Source: Addicted2Success

PHARRELL WILLIAMS - HAPPY

PHARRELL WILLIAMS - HAPPY LYRICS

[Verse 1:]
It might seem crazy what I’m about to say
Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air, like I don’t care baby by the way

[Hook:]
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
Because I’m happy
Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do

[Verse 2:]
Here come bad news talking this and that
Yeah, give me all you got, don’t hold back
Yeah, well I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine
Yeah, no offense to you don’t waste your time
Here’s why

[Hook]

[Bridge:]
Happy, come on, bring me down
Happy, come on, bring me down
Love is too happy to bring me down
Come on, bring me down
I said bring me down
Come on, bring me down
Love is too happy to bring me down
Come on, bring me down
I said

[Hook x2]

[Bridge 2:]
Bring me down… can’t nothing…
Bring me down… your love is too high…
Bring me down… can’t nothing…
Bring me down, I said (let me tell you now)

[Hook x2]